The Man Who Wasn't There
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949.Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Worldwide
- $19M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
32 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
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Box Office & Release
The Man Who Wasn't There returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Oct 26, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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